VOL4VOL - Help Keep Knoxville Beautiful

Who We Are

We are a team of four students at the University of Tennessee who are passionate about making a positive impact in our community. As young adults, we recognize the importance of giving back and working to improve the world around us. That’s why we’ve partnered with Keep Knoxville Beautiful, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring and empowering Knox County communities through beautification and environmental conservation.

For over 40 years, KKB has led efforts to clean up litter, promote recycling, and overall create a greener and more vibrant Knoxville. Each year, with the help of thousands of volunteers, they remove over 116,000 pounds of litter from roads, parks, and waterways, manage Adopt-A-Road programs, and provide essential recycling resources. They also lead public education initiatives and organize community beautification projects, including tree plantings and mural installations to make Knoxville a cleaner, more beautiful city.

What We Need

What we need for this project includes different resources for clean-ups across Knoxville. We are working to raise over $1000 in order to provide supplies for volunteers in the organization. Clean-up resources include trash bags ($15 per bag), gloves ($10 per box), masks ($1 for 25 count), vests ($8 per vest), pickup and reach tool ($10 pick tool). This allows the organization to gather enough supplies to support its volunteer work across the city. With enough donations, we can help volunteers and bring a major impact while showcasing what it means to help keep Knoxville beautiful for years to come.

These supplies are crucial to ensuring volunteers can work more efficiently and help the process of cleaning the local environment. Not only will we be able to continue to expand these efforts, but also we’ll be able to foster a sense of community pride. Keeping Knoxville clean and beautiful requires everyone's involvement, and with your support, we can make a lasting impact that will benefit future generations and demonstrate the power of community action. Every contribution, big or small, helps us reach our goal and makes a tangible difference in the fight for a cleaner, greener Knoxville.

How It Helps

Keeping Knoxville beautiful is something that will enrich most everyone’s lives within the community. When our city has more clean and beautiful outdoor areas, community members have more places that are appealing to visit. More appealing places to visit helps tourism within the community as well. This can have positive effects on small businesses like restaurants and locally owned stores. Keeping Knoxville Beautiful is helping the community, and you can help by supporting our campaign.

How Else You Can Help

There are many ways to help our campaign without having to donate any money. Starting off, simply sharing the campaign page and spreading the word to others would be super beneficial. Volunteering to help work certain cleanups with Keep Knoxville Beautiful is helpful to the community as well. Another idea could simply be following Keep Knoxville Beautiful’s social media to engage with our community. Any interaction helps and makes more of a difference than you think!